Paleontology & Geology

Dino Dig (extended tour)Program format: Tour

Explore dinosaur diversity throughout the Mesozoic Era. This extended tour includes extra time to experience the process of paleontology by touching real fossils and wrapping a plaster fossil cast to take home. Standard Connection:3.1 Biological Science 3.3 Earth and Space Sciences

Dinosaurs and Friends Program format: Tour

Using age-appropriate observation, movement, and imagination, compare modern animals—including yourself!—to dinosaurs and other creatures of the Mesozoic. Standard Connection:3.1 Biological Science 3.3 Earth and Space Sciences

Rock On (extended tour)Program format: Tour

Examine specimens from our educational collection in the classroom and compare them with our world-famous displays in Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems. This extended tour includes extra time for hands-on experiments that introduce the rock cycle and properties of minerals. Standard Connection:3.2 Physical Science: Chemistry and Physics 3.3 Earth and Space Sciences

Social Studies

American Indians: Where Do You Live? Program format: Tour

Discover how the traditional clothing, food, homes, and lifestyle of the Tlingit, Hopi, Lakota, and Iroquois were influenced by their environment. Standard Connection:7.3 Geography

American Indians: What's in a House? (extended tour)Program format: Tour

Examine artifacts from four North American Indian cultures and discover how natural resources influence everyday life. This extended tour includes extra time for an anthropology activity where students handle real artifacts and identify geographical regions. Standard Connection:7.3 Geography

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